Hint of a Nordberg-bodied Buick photographed exactly 50 years ago?

[Guest Casper Friedrich]

Take a look at this picture:

http://www.stockholmskallan.se/PostFiles/SMF/SSMDIA015585S.jpg

Isn't that a late 1930s Buick with a convertible body by Gustaf Nordberg in Stockholm lurking behind the little stone building?

The place today:

https://maps.google.fi/maps?q=Norr+M%C3%A4larstrand+66-68+stockholm&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x465f77d708d5ff9d:0x2f6bb5330be16858,Norr+M%C3%A4larstrand+66,+112+35+Stockholm,+Sverige&gl=fi&ei=_h8NUsP-IKWh4gSx44CgBw&ved=0CC4Q8gEwAA

[Bleach]

I don't believe it is. It looks very much like a 50's Mercedes 300 cabriolet. The top trim appears very distinctive of what Mercedes used in that era. I've also seen the same unusual reflection in the rear fender in the photo of another 300 series Mercedes on the web.

[Guest Casper Friedrich]

I don't believe it is. It looks very much like a 50's Mercedes 300 cabriolet.

My second opinion would have been something German. Mercedes-Benz of course the sole alternative for the 1950's.

[nzcarnerd]

On the subject of European-bodied Buicks, any thoughts on this one? - IMCDb.org: Buick unknown in "Quand tu liras cette lettre, 1953"

I will post it in the pre war Buick section as well.

[TG57Roadmaster]

Definitely a '50's M-B 300 S (or SC) Cabrio. This one was taken at the Veterama Show in Mannheim, Germany in 2009, a restoration shop's example that wasn't quite finished for show time. It's missing the rear chrome band at the base of the top, and the horizontal strips on its grille.

But still, what a way to make an entrance at any event!

TG

[Guest Casper Friedrich]

Found also a photo of a 170 S A-cabrio (1949-51) taken in 1962 in the upper class Östermalm-district in Stockholm:

http://www.stockholmskallan.se/ContentFiles/Import/SMF/2012/03/8/SSMFOE001352S.JPG

Edited August 17, 2013 by Casper Friedrich (see edit history)